Squeaking around the front end on bumps

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Oct 24, 2004 | 08:29 PM
  #1  
So, I've replaced the shocks with KYBs about a month ago and haven't any problems at all, I love'em. However, this weekend on while driving down some rougher road I heard a slight squeaking coming from the front end, any ideas on what this is and how I can address it?

It's a squeaking that I normally hear coming from yellow cabs and car service Town Cars slamming into every pothole on the street----if that helps at all.

As always thanks!!!
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Oct 25, 2004 | 02:18 PM
  #2  
You might try tightening down all your suspension components. Can you pinpoint where in the front end this is happening?

S
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Oct 26, 2004 | 04:39 AM
  #3  
sounds like some balljoint (if not all of them) is worn out somewhere in your suspension

i hear the same exact thing whenever i go over a speedbump or whatever else

how many miles you got on your car?
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Oct 26, 2004 | 10:01 AM
  #4  
it's an '87 GXE with 78,000 miles
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Oct 26, 2004 | 12:51 PM
  #5  
Also a bad half-shaft might do it...but again, I'd recommend trying to do further pinpointing of the sound.

S
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Oct 26, 2004 | 08:31 PM
  #6  
Quote: it's an '87 GXE with 78,000 miles

my 4th gen had 50K miles more than your car and my 2nd gen has like 4x as much on the odometer
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Oct 26, 2004 | 09:26 PM
  #7  
It could be the strut tower bearings at the top, if they weren't changed....Mine are squeeking now........$%^#$@@
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Oct 26, 2004 | 09:34 PM
  #8  
Oh....another dumb place the squeaking can be coming from...the radiator. Both my top mounts have come loose, and man, when they rub, they squeak like a ****....you chould have one of them broken.

S
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